Person    | Male  Born 1828  Died 1886

John Peake Knight

Categories: Engineering

John Peake Knight

Inventor of the world's first traffic lights. Engineer and railway manager from Nottingham.

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John Peake Knight

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Peake Knight, 1st traffic lights

City of Westminster John Peake Knight, 1828 - 86, inventor of the world's fi...

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William Henry Barlow

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Cuthbert Arthur Brereton

Cuthbert Arthur Brereton

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F. Douglas Barton

F. Douglas Barton

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Edward H. Tabor

Edward H. Tabor

Resident engineer on the construction of the Rotherhithe Tunnel in 1908.

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Pierre Cérésole

Pierre Cérésole

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South Eastern and Chatham Railway, 556 men who died in WW1

South Eastern and Chatham Railway, 556 men who died in WW1

556 men of the South Eastern and Chatham Railway who fought and died for their country in the Great War, 1914 – 1918.

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Stephenson at IC

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SW7, Prince Consort Road, Imperial College

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City of London School for Girls

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R. F. C. Hitchcock

Surbiton man killed serving in WW1.

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War dead, WW1
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8th Duke of Devonshire, Spencer Compton

8th Duke of Devonshire, Spencer Compton

Statesman. Born Lancashire. Previously known as the Marquess of Hartington, or in the gossip columns as Harty-Tarty. Close friend of Edward VII. Had a serious affair with Skittles in 1859 - 1863 an...

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